End of the Line Update

This article is for content released in the update. For the patch itself, see December 8, 2014 Patch.

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Introducing the End of the Line Update, featuring a whopping thirteen-and-a-half-minute long animated short, new cosmetics, a new taunt from the short, and an update page, all thought up and designed by the TF2 community. Awesome job!

— TF2 Blog

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The End of the Line Update was a major community-created update. It brought one new multi-class weapon, 23 new cosmetic items, a new Pyro taunt, as well as a collection of items for leaderboard tracking.

Videos

The main feature of the update was the community-created SFM video titled End of the Line. Its plot consists of BLU sending off a runaway train filled with bombs, and RED's attempts to stop it from reaching their base.

The trailer for the SFM was uploaded on August 28th, 2013, and originally started as a spontaneous passion project made by McVinnie to practice her visual storytelling and animation. A week after the release of the trailer, she was invited to Valve headquarters to talk and present what she had made to the SFM team before being proposed by Robin Walker with the idea of 'making it official'.^[1]

Additions

Weapon

Main article: Weapons

All classes		Crossing Guard^†
Notes	^† Not available for the Engineer and the Spy.

Cosmetics

Main article: Cosmetic items

Scout		Brooklyn Booties
Scout		Thermal Tracker
Soldier		Coldfront Curbstompers
		Cold Snap Coat^†
		Condor Cap
		Mistaken Movember
		Screamin' Eagle
Pyro		North Polar Fleece
Pyro		Wartime Warmth
Demoman		Bomber's Bucket Hat
		Double Dog Dare Demo Pants
		Double Dynamite
Heavy		Fur-Lined Fighter
		Hunter Heavy
		Sleeveless in Siberia
Engineer		Insulated Inventor
Engineer		Snow Stompers
Demoman Heavy Sniper		Snow Sleeves
All classes		Boxcar Bomber
		Coldsnap Cap
		End of the Line Community Update Medal^††
		Flashdance Footies
		Winter Woodsman
Notes	^† Actually added in the December 12, 2014 Patch.
Notes	^†† Actually added in the December 17, 2014 Patch.

Taunts

Main article: Taunts

Pyro		Pool Party

Action items

Main article: Action items

	A Random Duck Token Gift
	A Random End of the Line Key Gift
	Duck Journal
	Pile of Duck Token Gifts
	Pile of End of the Line Key Gifts

Tools

Main article: Tools

	Duck Token
	End of the Line Key
	End of the Line Community Crate^†
Notes	^† Actually added in the November 13, 2014 Patch.

Unusual effects

Main article: Unusual

End of the Line Update Unusual effects
Cosmetic effects
Cosmetic effects	Frostbite	Molten Mallard	Morning Glory	Death at Dusk

Community Sparkle Unusual effects
Taunt effects
Taunt effects	Community Sparkle

Trivia

The map Snowplow was made to release as part of the update, but was not included because Valve deemed it "too confusing and challenging for new players".^[2] The map was later added in the Gun Mettle Update.
- In the beta testing version of the map, many objects that would 'spoil' the SFM were temporarily made into error signs.
While weapons were not guaranteed to be added in the update, the End of the Line team still focused on creating them. One of them, the B.A.S.E. Jumper, was added in the Love & War Update, while the others were scrapped due to not making the quality cut.^[3]
After the release of the update, promotional posters for End of the Line could be found in a few select areas on certain maps such as Lumberyard.
- Certain maps also contained the BLU Pyro's mural seen in the SFM video.

Gallery

End of the Line Update Page
The Ducks as they appear in the SFM video.
The End of the Line Key as it appears in the SFM video.
The Pyro with Pool Party as it appears in the SFM video.
In-game notification.
The RED team's special End of the Line bomb cart.
The BLU team's special End of the Line bomb cart.
The Pyro's drawing on one of the train cars, as seen in the SFM video. It was seen in several ingame maps.
A promotional poster for the SFM video which was seen in several ingame maps. A physical version of this poster design could also be bought at the Valve Store.